화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.108, 243-253, April, 2022
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2022.01.004  Export Citation
Silver-capped selenium explored as an electro-catalyst for simultaneous detection of nitro-aromatic drugs in different aqueous samples
Antolin Jesila Jesu Amalraj, Umesh Narasimha Murthy, and Sea-Fue Wang†
  • Department of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC, Korea
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Herein, we have fabricated silver (Ag) over selenium (Se) to explore its enriched electrochemical performance towards the simultaneous detection of nitro-aromatic drugs (nitrofurantoin (NFT) and Pnitrophenol (P-NP)). Due to its synergistic effect, Ag/Se modified GCE showed excellent electrocatalytic activity compared to other electrodes. Well-defined and divergent reduction peaks were obtained at -0.49 V (NFT) and -0.85 V (P-NP) with a detection range of 0.9 V at Ag/Se/GCE. It withholds an extensive linear range of 0.1 to 210 mM for NFT and 0.1 to 150 mM for P-NP with a nanomolar level detection limit of 23.87 nM L-1 & 7.82 nM L-1; an appraisable sensitivity of 1.138 mA mM-1 cm-2 & 2.86 mA mM-1 cm-2 for NFT and P-NP, respectively. Interestingly, the electrode possesses a high selectivity in the presence of biomolecules, nitro drugs, and metal ions. Examination of nitro-aromatic drug contamination on water sources shows a massive peril to human life and marine environs due to its adverse hazardous effects. Further, the fabricated Ag/Se-based electrochemical sensor was exposed to various environmental aqueous samples to detect NFT& P-NP which has demonstrated an exquisite recovery results in practical feasibility. Thereby confirms that Ag/Se-based electrochemical sensors have boundless potential for ecological investigations and sensing applications.
Keywords:Lustrous transition metal;Selenium rods;Nitroaromatics;Simultaneous detection;Environmental sample analysis
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